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Laura Wenus

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San Francisco
As seen in: The Tenderloin Voice, Apple Podcasts, SFGate, KQED-FM (San Francisco, CA), KQED-TV (San Francisco,CA), San Francisco Chronicle, Mission Local, KALW-FM (San Francisco, CA), San Francisco Public Press, Civic
Covers:  San Francisco Elections Governance Public Health Housing Homelessness Youth Community events
Doesn't Cover: Pop culture Tech Science Finance
Mainly on Bluesky. Journalist, editor. Co-founder, News Relay Network + Tenderloin Voice. Previously: @FifthandMission; @sfnext; @SFPublicPress; @kalw; @MLNow.

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Laura Wenus’s Biography

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Laura is one of the co-founders of the Tenderloin Voice, a publication that collaborates with readers to produce coverage.

She has covered San Francisco and the Bay Area through writing, audio and video for about a decade. Her roles have included reporting, producing, editing, event production and project management in various media. She’s launched and hosted several civic engagement-focused news podcasts for local newsrooms including the San Francisco Public Press and the San Francisco Chroni…

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Fire displaces residents of O’Farrell Street building

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By Laura Wenus Verified
| The Tenderloin Voice
Around two dozen Tenderloin residents were displaced by a fire that tore through the apartments at 675 O’Farrell St. in late May. The San Francisco Fire Department received multiple calls about the fire at 6:40 p.m. on May 22 and arrived quickly, getting it under control within 10 minutes, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. Nevertheless, tenants say none of them have been able to move back into any of the units.
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Budget battle status report: Millions still to be cut from TL organizations

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By Laura Wenus Verified
| The Tenderloin Voice
The fight over San Francisco budget cuts is ongoing, and organizers are pressing legislators to restore funding for critical services and programs. Read on for the latest update on what’s endangered and how you can get involved. Some organizations serving Tenderloin residents have been spared the knife in recent weeks, but many are still facing budget reductions as part of legislators’ efforts to balance San Francisco’s deficit, estimated at $642 million over the next two years.
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We’re taking a break

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By Laura Wenus Verified, Noah Arroyo Verified, Daphne Magnawa
| The Tenderloin Voice
latest Noah, Daphne, and Laura. Photo by David I. Lewis. Hi neighbors! What an incredible month it’s been. Nearly 200 people rallied against cuts to the Tenderloin in the city’s proposed budget, many shared their funding priorities at Public Comment Day, and then huge swaths of the cuts to nonprofit organizations and programs were restored.
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